Hawaii’s Climate Change Challenge 2017 ‐ Forward Earth Day is Everyday Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 1
CO2 – HUMAN CAUSES & EFFECTS Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 5
Alarms bells are ringing all over the world… ‘warning bells’ of human contributions to rising temperatures and sea levels , increasing coastal flooding that has more than doubled in US since the 1980s … Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 3
human ‐ induced global CO2 increase Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 Updated: 4/22/17 5
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Primary Greenhouse gases that humans emit: • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) . Accounts for around three ‐ quarters ( 75% ) of the V warming impact of current human greenhouse ‐ gas emissions . The key source of CO2 o is the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas; deforestation is also a significant l contributing factor. u m • Methane (CH4). Accounts for around 14% of the impact of current human e greenhouse ‐ gas emissions. Key sources include melting ice caps and tundra (feedback loop), agriculture (especially livestock and rice fields), fossil fuel extraction and the decay of organic waste in landfill sites . Methane doesn't persist in the atmosphere as long as CO2, though its warming effect is much more potent for each gram of gas released. Methane is roughly 30 times more potent than CO2 as a heat ‐ trapping gas . P • Nitrous Oxide (N2O). Accounts for around 8% of the warming impact of current o human greenhouse ‐ gas emissions. Key sources include agriculture (especially nitrogen ‐ t fertilized soils and livestock waste) and industrial processes. Nitrous oxide is even more e potent per gram than methane. n c • Fluorinated Gases ("F gases"). Account for around 1% of the warming impact of y current human greenhouse ‐ gas emissions. Key sources are industrial processes. F ‐ gases are even more potent per gram than nitrous oxide. Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 7
NASA – JAN 2016 GLOBAL TEMPERATURE MAP Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 4
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(Reuters) ‐ Earth temperature rise continues at an unprecedented rate, year ‐ after year, with 2016 breaking another all time high… The Paris Climate Agreement, ratified late last year, set a 1.5 C increase cap in global temperature rise, but is already in danger of being breached before fully implemented. Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 11
Climate Change Impacts on Hawai’i Sea Level Rise , Super Storms , Flooding of shoreline and low lying island areas, Erratic and Decreasing Trade Winds, Declining Rainfall and Stream Flow, Overall Warming Temperatures – Agricultural Impacts, Warming and Acidification Impacts on Hawaii’s Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 11
Haw ai’i Reef / Marine Impacts Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 17
Scientists monitor global atmospheric change atop 13,677 ‐ foot ‐ high Mauna Loa. Their observations in combination with the rest of world’s scientific community are recording unprecedented record high increases in man ‐ made CO2 and other industrial emissions that are now impacting Hawaii . Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 14
Satellite mapping overlay of 15 cyclones around the Hawaiian Islands during 2015. Image credit: US National Weather Service Honolulu & Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 15
Hawai’i Island Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 20
Climate Change and Weather Linked Global warming impacts do not merely increase the overall likelihood of heat waves, or the volume of rainfall — it also changes the flow of weather itself. Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 5
Hawai’i Island CO2 + Temperature Rise + Jet Stream = the Perfect Storm …“weather ‐ destabilizing and extreme weather ‐ generating” are the recent scientific findings linking climate change consequences to shifts in the of a jet stream. Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 19
SUPER STORMS Today, Climate Impacts on the Mainland Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 2
SUPER STORMS Today, Climate Impacts in the Pacific Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 13
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SEA LEVEL RISE 25 ‐ 50 Year Climate Impacts on Hawai’i Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 2
What's behind the rising seas? There are three main causes for rising sea levels: 1) The expansion of warmer ocean water , 2) melting mountain glaciers , and 3) ice loss from the massive Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets . Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 5
Climate Change Impacts on Hawai’i Sea Level Rise , Super Storms , Flooding of shoreline and low lying island areas, Erratic and Decreasing Trade Winds, Declining Rainfall and Stream Flow, Overall Warming Temperatures – Agricultural Impacts, Warming and Acidification Impacts on Hawaii’s Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 11
INCREASED CO2 EMISSIONS AND HAWAI’I “…the best research indicates Hawaii will get wetter in wet areas, but drier in dry areas —deepening the divisions between the different zones of the Islands…” Kevin Hamilton, of the University of Hawai`i’s International Pacific Research Center Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 10
What is biggest global security concern in the 21 st century? Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 10
DoD Message to Trump … “… climate change presents a significant and direct risk to U.S. military readiness, operations and strategy , and military leaders say it should transcend politics .” DoD’s concerns goes far beyond protecting military bases from sea ‐ level rise. “Stresses from climate change can increase the likelihood of international or civil conflict, state failure, mass migration and instability in strategically significant areas around the world”. November 2016 report ‐ U.S. Department of Defense and the Climate and Security Advisory Group, a voluntary, nonpartisan group of 43 U.S. ‐ based senior military, national security, homeland security and intelligence experts, including the former commanders of the U.S. Pacific and Central Commands Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 21
2016 Paris Climate Accord agreed by 195 countries Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Parties = Orange areas on the map Signatories = Green areas of the map The agreement commits world leaders to keeping further global warming increases below 2C ‐‐ seen as the threshold for safety by scientists, but who are pursuing a tougher target of 1.5C. Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 22
NO Emissions Globetrans EC http://globetrans ‐ ec.com West Hawai’i Forum – Hawaii’s Climate Challenge, Nov. 2016 – Update 4 ‐ 22 ‐ 17 8
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